Cale was about to look at the diary when he heard a voice that made him turn his head.
“Human! What does that mean?”
Raon, who could not see the diary, puffed up his cheeks as if was upset about what he had just heard.
“Human, you are not someone who would be affected by that white thing!”
It was based on what Cale had just mumbled.
‘I must have been one of the souls that was impacted by the reincarnator, the White Star.’
Raon waved both paws around as if to object to that statement.
Pfft. Cale let out a quiet chuckle.
But he didn’t respond and just patted Raon’s head before turning back toward the diary.
Reincarnators.
Existences that maintain their memories while getting new bodies unlike regular souls that would get new memories and new bodies with each new life. The variables that would affect other souls.
‘It is highly likely that I was the soul that was affected by this reincarnation of the White Star.’
The current White Star’s face was similar to Kim Rok Soo’s face.
Cale organized his thoughts.
‘Kim Rok Soo was living in a different dimension after being affected by a reincarnator. If he switches places with a transmigrator and is brought to this world…’
The simple answer was that this was the cleanest and most efficient way to take care of things.
Of course, this was a decision made by a god who did not want to impact numerous souls.
Single-lifers and Immortals, the ‘exceptions.’
Reincarnators and transmigrators, the ‘variables.’
Finally, the mysterious existence of the Regressors.
“…Ha.”
Cale couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.
However, what he read next in the diary made his thoughts move in a different direction.
< I, well, my family, has been researching ‘time and life’ for generations. >
Cale’s gaze headed back to the headstone.
< Drew Thames >
Cale’s biological mother was from Baron Thames’s family.
Cale recalled the information he managed to sneakily get out of Duke Deruth before coming to this grave.
‘Cale Henituse’s biological mother’s household is said to have perished.’
Drew Thames had been the only surviving descendant.
‘Duke Deruth fell in love with Drew Thames when they met at the academy and asked her to marry him.’
There were no nobles with the family name of Thames in the present Roan Kingdom.
It was because Drew Thames, the only living descendant, chose not to continue her household. With nobody left to continue the family, the name was naturally removed from the list of nobles and eventually disappeared from people’s memories.
It was just the maternal family of an extra in ‘The Birth of a Hero,’ and the book didn’t even mention that extra’s biological mother’s name or her family.
“That’s odd.”
Cale felt that it was odd no matter how many times he thought about it.
“…It looks like they had been doing research without anybody knowing about it.”
Based on what he knew so far, the Thames household didn’t seem to share the results of their research with anyone.
Drew Thames, the only living descendant, didn’t even mention the details of her perished family’s research with Duke Deruth.
‘The research was conducted in secret but it is extremely valuable.’
The White Star would most definitely use this information for evil if this diary ever fell into his hands.
The research falling into the wrong hands might have been the reason they kept it a secret, but the problem was that the family that had been keeping this secret was no longer around.
“The only living descendant, huh?”
That meant that there was absolutely nobody else in the world. It meant that they were all dead.
“…It gets weirder the more I think about it.”
Drew Thames. She had an ancient power that allowed her to see the annual rings of all living beings.
She was skilled enough that she could tell that her own son was born with the variable life of a transmigrator.
Someone like that didn’t know how the other descendants of her family died?
Most importantly, even if they were just a Barons family, one of the Roan Kingdom’s noble households had slowly disappeared without a trace. But that descendant’s spouse didn’t even know the reason?
Her spouse just said that that had been the case from the moment they met.
“Mm.”
Now that Cale decided to live the rest of his life as Cale Henituse… He thought that he should look into some things as they related to the original Cale Henituse.
That naturally included learning more about his mother, Drew Thames, and his maternal family, Baron Thames’ household.
“…This is really-”
‘It’s really fishy.’
For some reason, just thinking about the Thames household gave him the chills.
‘I feel like I’m going to get involved in some complicated mess while looking into this family.’
They were researching ‘time and life.’ Just that alone made it extremely mysterious.
A family pretending to be a simple Baron’s household was researching this in secret before they all perished except for one living descendant.
That remaining descendant didn’t even try to carry on the family name.
“…Something stinks.”
There was definitely something to this.
“Human! I didn’t fart!”
Cale’s face that was about to turn serious instead turned into a frown. He looked toward Raon who was sniffing around.
“Sniff, sniff! It doesn’t smell stinky! Human, where do you smell the stink?”
“Haaaaaaaa.”
Cale just sighed and shook his head. But he still observed the energetic Raon.
“Human! Moving around alone with just the two of us reminds me of when we did this in the past!”
Raon was quite happy right now.
He had done something similar not long after he first met Cale. He was remembering how the two of them moved around taking care of things.
Cale firmed his resolve while looking at Raon.
“…Yeah.”
He made up his mind.
‘We need to take care of the White Star first.’
And once they take down the White Star…
‘I’ll rest!’
He will definitely get some rest.
He will also relax and do nothing.
He’ll make a field that’s so small that it could barely be considered farming.
‘…Yes… my maternal family… one day… Yes… one day… mm… just… mm……’
He would push back the issue with the Thames household for later, much much later.
Cale chose to avoid this topic for now since it scared him a bit.
‘What could happen?’
He tried to calm himself that nothing will happen but it still kept weighing on his mind.
He had a feeling that something was going to happen.
He felt as if he had some clues about what would happen in the future, but Cale chose to feign ignorance for the time being.
‘…There’s no way something like what happened with this White Star bastard would happen again, right?’
If something as annoying as what happened with the White Star happens again… If the scale of that event was as big as this one……
“That’s just wrong.”
Cale shook his head.
“I’m just having a delusion.”
Yes, everything he was feeling right now must be a delusion from being unable to rest because of the White Star.
How could it not be?
The incident with the Thames household happened tens of years ago.
But Cale had not learned anything about it until now.
He had been on both the Eastern and Western continents. If Cale and his friends had not learned about it while sweeping around left and right, it was normal to think that nothing was going on.
‘It’s just something that happened a long time ago that people forgot about.’
He decided to not put much meaning into it.
He decided to only dream about having that slacker life after taking care of the White Star.
“Yeah. I’ll just rest once this is all over.”
“That’s right, human! You can rest for about a year before we go see the world!”
Maybe he was being overly sensitive because he had just been thinking about the Thames household, but…
Cale had a feeling that seeing the world with Raon might lead to a lot of incidents as well.
‘I’m just going on a leisure trip with the children. Nothing should happen.”
Cale thought about traveling the world having fun and relaxing as he brushed aside his unnecessary ominous feelings.
He decided it was nothing to worry about and that he was just being overly cautious.
Cale felt more refreshed before he frowned after reading the next sentence Drew Thames wrote in the diary.
< To the person who is living in my son's body. >
< I'm sorry. >
“Hmm?”
‘Why is she randomly apologizing?’
< The reason you sought this out is probably to get some information or find the roots of this body you have possessed. You might also be here for my ancient power. >
< That is why I arranged something appropriate for you. >
This arrangement that Drew Thames had left…
The corners of Cale’s lips curled up. He was wondering why she was apologizing, but if she prepared something, it must be the remaining part of her ancient power.
“…It must be this.”
He was certain it would be the ancient power.
Cale continued to read with a bit of expectation.
< There is a place called the Forest of Darkness near the Henituse territory. >
‘Hmm?’
< There are two different ancient powers in there. One is located inside a cave, and although I have not personally gone into the cave, I could feel the power from the entrance. The other power is located in the lake within the forest. It is actually a swamp covered in dead mana so I shouldn’t really call it a forest, but I could feel an ancient power in there as well. >
‘…The Super Rock and the Dominating Aura?
I already got those.’
< Furthermore, I left half of my power in Harris Village, which is located right next to the Forest of Darkness. You will be able to easily get it if you go there. >
< It is pretty much the essence of my power and will allow you to see the flow of time in a living being’s past. You should be able to easily determine what those annual rings represent if you read the information I left you. If you see the annual rings without this information, you will just be able to tell if time has been warped. >
‘…The White Star took that though.
That is the essence of her power?
Should I be relieved that the White Star doesn’t have this information and can only tell that a person’s time has been warped?’
“… Uhh…mm……”
“Human, why do you have such an expression? Did someone smack you from behind?”
Cale’s hands were shaking as they held the diary up.
He mentally thought the name of the person he would now live as, the original name of the bastard who will now live as Kim Rok Soo.
‘…Hey, Cale Henituse. I thought you said that your mom seemed to know everything in advance and prepared for it? It doesn’t seem to be the case.’
He then noticed some other statements.
< I believe that variables appearing in the world instead of just exceptions mean that the world is full of chaos and that the gods had no choice but to rely on the variables. >
< I hope that the information and the arrangements that I left you will help you achieve your wishes in the midst of that chaos. >
< To the person who will be living in my son’s body... I hope you can consider these my ‘gifts’ to you for the harm you may have received because of my child. >
< On behalf of my child... >
< I'm sorry. >
Cale let out a sigh.
“Huuuuuu.”
Cale stared at those words, ‘I’m sorry’ for a while before closing his eyes for a moment.
“…Human, are you okay?”
Raon cautiously observed Cale’s face before peeking at the diary.
“Huh?!”
His eyes then opened wide.
“Human, this!”
Smile. The corners of Cale’s lips curled up.
< P.S. I am leaving a small amount of information and half of my power here just in case. >
Just in case.
She seemed to have hesitated, not knowing whether these would be helpful.
“Human, is the ‘half of my power’ she is talking about the ancient power?”
Flip.
Cale turned the page and both Cale and Raon could see the contents written in there.
< Here is some information in case the enemy you must face is an exception or a variable. >
Cale’s mouth opened.
“Hehe.”
He read one of the statements written there, almost as an addendum, out loud.
“A reincarnator’s soul will not lose its memories because you kill its present body. A reincarnator is someone who can record the memories of many lives in their soul.”
A reincarnator was said to be someone who got a new body but maintained their old memories instead of getting a new body with new memories like everybody else.
“That is why a reincarnator will have one large annual ring with numerous smaller annual rings mixed in there.”
< The large annual ring will be the memories of their numerous lives. You can consider that to be the 'record’ of their lives while the smaller circles mixed within it... Those annual rings can be considered the bodies it has inhibited. >
Cale slowly read the next statements out loud as if he was savoring them.
“That is why a reincarnator will not face complete death because you attack their body. There are probably many ways to completely kill a reincarnator, but I, and my family, only know of one method.”
Drew Thames had recorded this one method just in case.
That record was now in Cale’s hands.
He slowly ran his fingers over that record.
The method to kill a reincarnator.
< The reincarnator's memories... The largest annual ring that would be the foundation for their being... >
The center and foundation for the numerous smaller annual rings. That border that encompassed all of the smaller rings…
< You just have to get rid of that. >
This was the method to completely get rid of the White Star…
This was the method to stop him from reincarnating again.
< But it is useless if you cannot see that annual ring. >
< However, if you manage to get either parts of my power, although they are focused on different directions, you will at least be able to see the annual rings. >
“Human, even if you can see the annual ring, how do you attack it?”
“Down.”
“Down?”
Raon’s gaze followed Cale’s hand and looked down.
< Then you probably will ask how do you attack the annual ring once you can see it. >
< Weapons and magic will not be able to attack it. >
Raon’s pupils started shaking.
“Human! Does that mean ancient powers will work?!”
“Keep reading.”
< Furthermore, ancient powers will not work either. >
“…Ah.”
Raon sulked.
However, Cale’s eyes were clouding over the more he read so Raon continued to read as well.
< A reincarnator’s numerous annual rings will have a soul that is extremely strong thanks to its numerous life cycles. >
< If you compare a Dragon that has lived for 1,000 years and a reincarnator who has reincarnated over and over for 1,000 years, the annual rings of the reincarnator who has lived numerous lives are usually stronger. >
< That is why, in order to destroy the annual rings of a reincarnator, you need to use the power of someone who has annual rings with more years than the reincarnator. >
Raon turned toward Cale.
“…Human-”
Raon, who seemed to have realized something, looked toward Cale whose eyes were sparkling. Cale seemed to have found the answer as well.
The White Star was a reincarnator.
In order to stop him from reincarnating again, they needed to get rid of his largest annual ring.
In order to do that, he first needed ‘the power to see annual rings,’ and second, he needed ‘the power of someone who has lived long enough to suppress that giant annual ring.’
The first would be possible with the remaining half of Drew Thames’s power Cale would soon get, while the clue to the second requirement was something Cale had known for a while already.
“…An Immortal.”
Immortals, those who live forever.
Cale looked away from the diary and looked at a tree near the grave.
He knew of one Immortal.
It was a being that had existed in this world longer than any other living being.
The records of this world were recorded in that being’s annual rings.
“The World Tree.”
The World Tree had once given Cale a branch that resembled a chopstick, calling it a sword.
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Translator’s Comments
Oh boy, another story line. Cale is definitely going to look into this, isn’t he?
What will happen next?
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I was so mindblown when the world tree was mentioned, i had to sit down :0
thanks for the new chapter!
Not to mention this
‘I’ll rest!’
He will definitely get some rest.
He will also relax and do nothing.
He’ll make a field that’s so small that it could barely be considered farming.
omg aahaha i love how you had to ‘sit down’ but yea i had to reposition myself in front of my laptop as well when they were mentioning the immortal
We are finally getting the sword in his own heart fan art…
While reading this I thought the immortal was **SPOILER ALERT** ||CJG||
Oh my god! By the sword it means that sword? Which needs him to hit it in his heart and soak it in his blood? Gosh!😭 I really hope the new storyline happens so that our Cale can at least resume trying to be a slacker 😭 No Sacrifice please😭
And thanks for the new chapter♥️
Ermm.. That good theory. But later when they captured Dorp and Dorp said the power was same as the Thames..(The person who teach him to eat dark elemental). I came to conclude that the Thames family been wipe coz this collapse person.. I don’t know this truth, but I think if Cale still a live after defeated the white star, he has a bunch of problems coming his journey..
Yay I guess that meme of Cale stabbing himself with World tree’s branch and giving it to Choi Han will come alive🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was spoiled with this development, but I was still flabbergast when I read it.
I’m wondering about the incident that wiped out the Thames family. As they have researched time, you’d think that they would be able to prevent these disasters. It’s also strange that there was no proper investigation into their disappearence as other nobles would be worried about a whole family disappearing in one night. Maybe there was some sort of hypnosis to make it seem like it wasn’t a big deal? So my guess it would have something to do with the Gods or Demons, since we still don’t know the full extent of their power.
I agree for you mean and may be family Thames are traveling for times and worlds? Because origin Cale say – Drew Thames Reincarnator in Korea 1. It is strange. And world haves White Star and another strange things (1 White Star and 2 White Star, royal family and lance from 3 worlds).
And who write The Birth of a Hero?
May be Cale and White Star cousen’s for Thames family?
Did you really forget? it is Choi Jung Gun
Didn’t Cale give that branch to Choi Han, because Choi Han and Raon were worried he was going to stab himself with it? Or I’m remembering it wrong…
I think it was in those chapters we first met Fredo.
I think that is fan fic, i read it somewhere..
So here’s a theory and I’m going to place the facts we know down first
1) the white star looks like a young Kim rock soo
2 ) Cales soul was ment to be originally born in this world
3 ) those who the white star loves dies
4) the Thames house hold died 10 years ago .
What if the white star reincarnated into the Thames household leading to the death of the entire house. Making Cale and the white star related. Also we know that Cale was an orphan on earth and and came to earth as a clone therefore Cales biological parent where from the Thames household and the white star is the reason he is an orphan on any world
Maybe a stupid theory but thought it was a cool idea
Dude this is possible
If i recall correctly, KRS’ parents in the earth died bcs of a car accident.. but i forgot where that’s mentioned
i remember it was mentioned in the first few chapters of the novel
Ermm.. That good theory. But later when they captured Dorp and Dorp said the power was same as the Thames..(The person who teach him to eat dark elemental). I came to conclude that the Thames family been wipe coz this collapse person.. I don’t know this truth, but I think if Cale still a live after defeated the white star, he has a bunch of problems coming his journey..
Well, that could be possible.
Let’s wait as it’s goes.
Ikr..i thought the same has will but it will be too much of a plot twist if that happen…
Bruh, the possiblity quite high.
imagine the gang being present and without any warning nor context, cale just stabbed himself in the heart with a branch ksjskkskss
Thanks for the chapter 💕
I think later hos family’s and friends will not leave him alone and, you know🤭🤭 stick like glue to him and paid close attention to him like hell.
Oh My God!!!
Does anyone here still remembers that stick? Hahahahhaha
Thanks for the chapter 🌹
Omg thats the branch that has to be covered in blood for it to work… Poor Cale
Thank you for the translation!
Lol Cale was jinxing it a lot in this chapter. The Thames thing and then travelling the world, his slacker life is as good as gone now.
Also, it’s interesting seeing him addressing both KRS and Cale Henituse as someone else. It’s like he’s neither of them lol.
Wow.. so mindblowing. Those “stick” from the World Tree is supposed to kill White Star ?!!
Thank you for translation..
That damn wooden skewer
Will be waiting for Cale skewing himself ohohohoho~
Here I am wondering why Jour’s grave is engraved with Jour Thames instead of Jour Henituse, though she is already married to Henituse household and has no intention to carry Thames name…
Drew might have the Thames last name because in Korea, the wife does not usually take the husband’s last name. So, author being Korean, may have used Korean naming convention instead of more Western wife taking husband’s last name.
I also thought that.. but, in wiki, Violan is written as Violan Henituse so I thought the author follows that rule…
You really need to understand that the wiki isn’t necessarily correct… the wiki is a fan-made thing.
Oh yes of course I think so and that might be the case.. i just really want the author to put some more plot twists and mysteries to reveal! 😆
Regarding that skewer… didn’t World Tree once say that Cale’s blood is special. Is it because of the Vitality of the Heart? Or is it because of Thames blood in him? Or is it Henituse blood? Agh lol 😆
Thanks! I love reading the new chapters once I wake up, gives me a boost to start the day.
Mindblowing revelations with Cale’s roots, and I wish there would be another storyline about him finding the Thames family once WS is dead.
Also, I still wish the comment box is above! So annoying to scroll down a lot just to leave a comment -_-
Ah. if you’re on a laptop, the END button should take you all the way down at once. On mobile… no bueno.
‘Those annual rings can be considered the bodies it has inhibited.’
I’m pretty sure ‘inhibited’ should be ‘inhabited’.
He really should know by now that whenever he tries to put off looking into or taking care of something like the secrets of Thames family it ends up becoming something so important that he absolutely can’t put it off.
Thanks for the chapter!
Yeh.. He is responsible person, after finding that later his slacking life will fly, i don’t know he can rest that of five years🙉🙉
Cape how many red flags did you just drop😭 I can just feel it down to my bone that bastard is about to do something stupid again-
Cale* 1
I seriously die everytime i have to wait for a new chapter😩 this novel is so good!! Thank you!!
‘What could happen?’
Cale, if you say this, i’m sure something big would happen. Big enough to make your slacker life dissapeared. good luck Cale (●’◡’●)ﾉ
Oh man, oh man. I feel half the time that each new chapter should be named Foreboding just with different parts…I think this is now part 4. If this story doesn’t end with a farm with Cale at the helm with children and Choi Han…I’m gonna do..something, cry most likely. But man. This new info on the Thames family…so crazy. And veerrryyy suspicious. Were they good guys or maybe bad guys that stumbled on information and killed for it? What would cause the unsettled feeling in Cale? The branch oh the branch, that will no doubt probably end with a cliffhanger post stab, although it might work and no lasting harm to Cale if you have someone close who has a lot of high grade potions, or if Jack is near by…until the Vitality can kick in. Man, this story is so good and like I’m sure with everyone else I feel like Cale and his heart family have become dear and familiar. Are we nearing the end and do I want to be a coward and not read till it’s all finished just in case? Lol. I don’t know. Thanks for the translation and update.
‘He decided it was nothing to worry about and that he was just being overly cautious.’
THAT’S A FLAG…
Cale just be plopping flags here and there
– Cake completed a hidden quest without him knowing LOL. Oh, and thank you so much for the chapter!
a branch that is the size of a chopstick….. that probably is the size of those harry potter wands isnt that?
that’s obviously a flag there, Cale
just give up at this point lmao
Oh my, this story was the best, i keep rereading the novel while waiting the updates chap in manhwa and in the novel without even get bored. Hope this will not last after the white star die, and he will travel will the children and make trouble everywhere, of course the trouble will become big🤭🤭🤭
Words fail to express just how happy I am. Hell yeah! Woohoo!! Alright!!!! The story won’t end when they beat that White Star. There’s the arc related to Cale’s mother! Yay!!! And there’ll hopefully be an arc on Cale’s travels around the world (＾∇＾)ﾉ♪(~‾▿‾)~✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧
TRUEEEE! i hope this reach 5k chapterz! Including the happy farm life and travel side storieess! Gonna devour it all like apple pies! nomnomnom
(❁´◡`❁)(*/ω＼*)
Thank you for the TL! muahhh!
every last chapter im so far from chill
i ll just read some words and shout DAMN every possible second
And everything just ties together quite nicely. I love how the author remembers past events and uses them for future plot. Quite a bit of stories would usually forget or completely null past events making them useless. It turns into stories where you just live in the present and the present only. But when authors can bring stuff in from 300+ chapters ago is just, *MUAH*
I agree! Banzai! Amazing Author-nim! ╰(*°▽°*)╯
He decided to only dream about having that slacker life after taking care of the White Star.
BRUUU! YOU NEED TO GIVE UP THINGS AND BLOOD FROM THE HEART???? I CANT WAIT HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
Cale… you ought to realize that you’re an unreliable narrator. The more you deny something from happening, the higher chances of it happening LOL.
Thanks for the chapter!
Thx for the chapter!
Well, would Cale have a stepmom alongside the Ancient Power voices now? Also you thought the stick would hit the vampires but it was HIM, WHITE STAR! BAHAHAHAHAH!
OMG everything really does connect! I totally forgot about the blood sucking chop stick! Everything really does have purpose, author you are truly amazing.
Thanks to the translator for giving us the chance to read this masterpiece!
Thank you for the chapterz! this chapter gave me the chills! I’m itching to reread this novel because the thrill just don’t die down! Ugh! i wanna hibernate from work and rest with Cale and the gang!
oh my god they’re cousins lmao im gonna lose my sht if i guessed this right
“…Something stinks.”
There was definitely something to this.
“Human! I didn’t fart!”
Raon 😂😂😂
Cale just keeps jinxing himself
Cale just keeps jinxing himself
Author really brilliant.
Everyone: *think that cale firm his resolve, by visiting his mother grave.
While cale : *firm his resolve while looking at raon.
‘What could happen?’
– Yeeeeaaah…. what could happen, Cale?… when you’re around…. just what…..
//
‘…There’s no way something like what happened with this White Star bastard would happen again, right?’
If something as annoying as what happened with the White Star happens again… If the scale of that event was as big as this one…… //
Hey remember when Cale said he wouldn’t get involved with Choi Han in the beginning? When he would “sit still” and not do anything in the Plaza? Saying he will rest and having slacker life but failing? There also numerous he says many thing but ended up doing the opposite…
WAIT WHAT THE HECK. I JUST GOT A REALIZATION!!
What if Drew Thames is also a reincarnator??? THAT’S WHY SHE HAVE A LOOK-ALIKE IN KIM ROK SOO’S WORLD!!! WOAHHHHHHHH THAT’D BE WILD IF IT IS TRUE
and as a rereader i see many flags has been planted in this chapter
thank you for the chapter 🫡